Alexa, Only It's The Future

[@paulhibbert]

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[@vermeulengert]

Hi Paul, this is next level automating. I like how you don't give up when there is no api. I would like to see how to make Tasker react to notifications. And I would also like to see how to make home assistant send out adb commands.

[@SmegHain]

"Its not actually complicated to do, its just a lot of steps in between" 🤣isnt that the definition of complicated ? Yer a funny bloke Paul :)

[@MatTeague]

This is a great video Paul! I would love a tutorial on tasker and the cool automation with Netflix

[@ryanwolfenberger]

The old lady saying "goo goo" made my phone react! Well, at least I know now....lol

[@louisviciedo]

Great one Paul. I’m wondering if we could leverage the Amazon delivery notifications (ie your package is 10 stops away) to alert us that a delivery is imminent 😮

[@judgejlo]

We close on our new house in a week. I'd LOVE the updated LCARS tutorial!

[@Samwise2210]

+1 to this, keen to see what's new and can't quite figure it out from the release notes. Show us what you came up with @paulhibbert

[@rogerjones9984]

Doesn't putting the phone in AirPlane mode block any network connections? So how does it then pickup "Chill-out mode"?

[@nbessell]

Was thinking the exact same thing 😮

[@Stephen-Jones]

Airplane mode these days can be configured to not turn off WiFi (which is great until you enter a Radio Telescope area and have to remember to turn WiFi off as well... 🤣)

[@paulhibbert]

Latest android seems to be configured to allow WiFi by default! Surprised me too!

[@boyesjeffrey]

Wi-Fi is allowed on airplanes, so airplane mode no longer turns that off.

[@Stephen-Jones]

@@boyesjeffrey it's configurable and remembers if you overrode it last time

[@ALaModePi]

Tasker was designed to automate almost anything the phone can do by itself. This shows how powerful that can be when it's paired with other automation devices, like Alexa. The Home Assistant companion app is nice for controlling things the same way as you do on any other dashboard, but you're right, it lacks the other functionality the Tasker has, such as opening URLS and other apps. I also appreciate seeing all the examples of getting things that normally don't play well with each other actually do so. Thanks.

[@Chesterflaps]

Tutorial, tutorial, tutorial. Merry Christmas Paul. Hope you had a great Christmas.

[@MrMechaMatt]

A Tasker idea for you Paul, attatching your phone to a wireless charger in the car turns on Bluetooth (to connect to the car), WiFi off, hot spot on (kiddo conectivity), opens Waze, adjusts brightness and volume. Taking it off reverts it to 'home' mode, if it can then connect to the home WiFi (queuing a 'welcome home master' Alexa announcement when the door opens) or saves your GPS coordinates so you know where you've parked the car.

[@AAEardley]

Just show a tutorial on all of the things you've demonstrated today 😜

[@l0gic23]

That's part 2,..

[@bader51500]

If you’re concerned about the permissions you gave Tasker or your phone’s battery usage, you can set it up on a virtual Android device and log in to WhatsApp on it as an additional device. Then, you can grant all the necessary permissions to Tasker there (including the features that require root access). This should also work on any extra Android phones you have lying around. Just make sure to cap the charging or remove the battery if you’re going to leave it on a charger 24/7, or use a smart plug with a routine to charge it occasionally so the battery doesn’t swell up.

[@Stephen-Jones]

@@bader51500 you can also use the home assistant app to detect notifications from other apps and then use them as triggers for automations

[@gregr5]

Thanks, the thought of giving an app those permissions makes me bristle. Keyloggers, cam control, even controlling other apps like your banking or pw manager would be possible.

[@OhmegaWolf]

Thanks, you might just have helped me figure out how i could go about moving away from Google Assistant but keep the ability to send handsfree texts while in the car without giving tasker the keys to the kingdom 😅 Whether it will work? Well thats a problem for future me

[@markjames3583]

Alexa has no problem working with eufy cameras to trigger outdoor lights. Really useful to welcome guests of all types. Extra light makes for a better image too

[@SornDP]

Tasker can connect to mqtt too, but be mindful that your phone might try to kill the connection to save power

[@DilekAyse-y6z]

I'm not usually one to jump into presales, but with Adaxum, I couldn't resist. This is a solid project with massive potential!

[@DjelleDK]

To make the timer "easily" in Home Assistant, use a Wled controlled lightstrip. Wled has the function for this.. though you need a little YAML code. Quite easy with a video tutorial imho.

[@kralleforpresident]

I thought that there should be an easier way to do this. I created one for any timer you ask Alexa to start. No "hard coded" times. I might post it into the HA community soon, as I have not found any examples for this yet.

[@mesoed]

I use Tasker for all sorts of relays from my phone to HA or to Alexa. Tasker has been the most useful thing on my phone, by far, for at least a decade.

[@mesoed]

... wait. There is an Amazon media relay in HACS? I've been using toggle in HA to trigger a routine or in a prior life, IFTTT *shutters*

[@JamieVids76]

A tasker tutorial would be great, I've had it years and not really used it. Your security light idea is a good one, I have done this for years, as long as I have had hoooome assistant. After midnight my outdoor sensors only turn inside lights on, an idea created by my cat. My security lights only come on at night if we are going from the inside to out, or if one of us is arriving home 😊

[@blissweb]

Some good stuff in there. I'm curious to know if you were at the mall and got a message from Neesha whether it would play the message in the house 😊 but I guess you could easily add a check to see if you're home or not. My Alexa and FireTV talk quite nicely and you can ask Alexa to fire up Netflix and watch a particular show. Not sure if it can do the last thing you were watching though. I have a routine called curtain alarm which can open the curtains at a particular time in the morning and say "you told me to wake you up at Xam". After watching this, I'm thinking to be able to say "set curtain alarm for Xam" by voice would be a nice thing to add.

[@RR62JAG]

The elephant must be on his winter holiday in the sun 🌞 🐘☀️ break,😂 or he’s not friends with stanta…

[@AlexManMe]

1:34 wow I haven't heard that in years, I thought it was only happened to old phones, but maybe devices as well?

[@Damon_NZ]

Oh my god, I completely forgot about tasker. I used to use it all the time. Can't recall why I stopped

[@notmayo]

When my alarm goes off while holding the baby or whatever else I snooze it with my apple watch 🙃

[@TrekAppsNSTEnterprises]

Nice work! People have been bugging me for years to make home assistant apps/integration, but there are hundreds of brands and nothing reliably the same from Google, Amazon, or Apple. However, people have used my work to make their own.

[@the_thunder_god]

Happy Saturday! Happy New Year to you Paul, Neesha, and Theo! Once upon a time when I first switched from my iPhone 3GS to Android, I installed Tasker and then never used it for anything. It was one of those apps that seemed like a really good idea, so I installed it and then never found a use for it. Now it seems like I might have a use for it. Yay! Now I just need to figure out what other things I can do with it with the little amount of smart home tech I have.

[@cbcdesign001]

Your notification nightmare is why I bought a Tic Watch, I just glance at it to know if a message is important or not.

[@johnnyreeves1990]

I always enjoy your videos. They may be my favorite smart home videos. Keep them coming! 😀

[@ilknurTaner-t6e]

Exciting times ahead with Adaxum! Just joined the presale, can't wait to see where this project goes

[@leew6609]

Back on form with this video Paul, happy Christmas btw

[@paulhibbert]

And to you brother!

[@danwooller6101]

What happened last week?

[@michaelthompson657]

Should definitely try ws2812b led and wled!

[@paulhibbert]

I am not a complete man, I am incapable of using a soldering iron 😂

[@michaelthompson657]

@ 🤣 you can get pre built controllers with screw terminals, look it because this is what my friend just did. Plus I’ve got a brain injury and many disabilities and I soldered 🤣 do it!

[@paulhibbert]

I shall try to grow a pair 🤣

[@rogerjones9984]

@@paulhibbert "Don't grow them - SOLDER THEM ON!!" (In angry bearded HomeAssistant voice)

[@Stephen-Jones]

Came here to say that, wLED with a Dig-uno. You can chop of the Govee controller and replaced it with a wLED one, Chris Maher has a tutorial on that. I use the 'percentage' effect and then update the value every 30 seconds if the timer is more than a minute long

[@Max86421]

To stop the alarm. I prefer to say stop when using Google assistant

[@meishseeks]

you lost me at integration dot yammel file... but i admire your considerable intelligence to be able to do all of that ,,, happy Saturday & happy New Year to you and Nessha 😃

[@hydeapd]

Just watched this and had an epiphany... I have the flick buttons that you can't use in Homeassistant. Except I now can as I can have them call an Alexa routine that then updates a homeassistant helper button that is used to start a home office routine. 😊 thank you.

[@kristinasnowflake]

Love this! I'm excited for the new LCARS tutorial 😁

[@Jaw0lf]

This is what I love and hate about Home Assistant. It can do so many things, but finding an alternate integration to use with a certain device to talk to it in a different way is amazing. And when you find this answer it is a complete Eureka moment!!! But it usually involves in mend bending settings and finding you missed a step or two and spend hours until it just works!!!

[@andyhenderson]

When raising alerts from incoming Whatsapps, you could cut out a step (and HA) by using the free Voice Monkey skill and service to run Alexa routines and/or announcements via a web request. Needs the internet, but so does Whatsapp. Andy

[@Ukcavhead1]

Some great ideas here and I'll be that guy and say Home Assistant can do most if not all of this (although I'm certainly not saying don't do it on Tasker). On the WhatsApp messages, HA will tell me who has sent it but ask if I want to hear it. If I answer yes, it reads it out (also works for Signal, Google Chat and Sky News push alerts). What I'm going to steal though is in focus mode silence them all bar ones from the domestic manager. Happy New Year Paul and family.

[@amydermott6]

My Google still asked how can I help when you said it's name...ha😂😂😂😂

[@JonathanScottNZ]

Would really love to see that resume Netflix routine work, I've attempted it (although replacing Netflix with Plex), but also using Emulated Hue, but I've found that requires me to say Turn On Continue Plex, and that leaves an Active "Light" on, so trying to figure out the connection between Alexa and Home Assistant that your using?

[@renanletenski]

All I wanted is a dimmer switch that’s cheap reliable and HomeKit compatible without home assistant or anything like that! Cheap hub seems ok! Already have one HomePod mini Aqara p3

[@ChavJag]

I do love my saturday morning's with Pauline. Happy xmas and new year to you and your crew bro 🙂Keep up the fab and groovy vids 👊

[@jackalski]

So, somewhere between Amber Heard-Batman Scene Cut and baby going 'wah', I almost shat my pants…😆

[@iH8utubesuppot]

Try Mengtech Replacement Voice Remote Pro Fit for a better Firestick remote. It has leds behind the buttons 👊🏻

[@JustGreggin]

Amazon Blink cameras motion detection can set off smart home devices through Amazon routines. I use Govee lights outdoors, and within the first year, the auto lights have already scared off an intruder.

[@LeaJones-z1v]

It’s not entirely Alexa though… screams “home assistant” while humping air

[@Songulilknur-h8p]

Diving into Adaxum's whitepaper as we speak. The innovation and technology behind this project are mind-blowing!

[@MeltemErkan-v1k]

Presale participation locked in. Adaxum bonuses are a sweet deal for early adopters!

[@EverydayKindaGuy]

0:28 Star Wars and Star Trek in the same universe is now canon.

[@acubley]

Well, IIRC the Falcon was in the battle of Wolf 359...

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Paul. Happy Saturday/New Year.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks Ron! And to you!

[@AidaParsons]

Adaxum presale is one of a kind. Not much groundbraking projects available to public this early.

[@WeSmiths]

Happy to have any tutorials you wish to offer.

[@GarNelson1]

I'd like more details on how you got HA to make Alexa do things. I'm sure when you know how to do it, it's simple, but I've been struggling for a while to figure out how to have Home Assistant talk, either through a Sonos speaker, or an Alexa speaker, or a Google Home speaker. I am also certain that when I've been able to do so successfully once, I'll be able to repeat the process as often as I'd like. It's just getting that first time making Home Assistant speak... (Getting Hubitat to speak through my Sonos speaker was dead easy. Home Assistant has been more of a challenge.)

[@richardsoj]

Please do the tutorial on HA integrations. I'm just about to embark on the HA journey.!

[@hjkaye]

Btw Zignito gear isn't available in North America

[@MustafaOzgur-p8o]

Exciting times for Adaxum - partnerships with major industry players are unlocking new possibilities. This presale is one of the best...

[@mfadetoblack]

Did you never hear of custom notifications for an individual contact?

[@matts1978]

Any detailed tutorials you can afford to make will be awesome. I think you mentioned that those types of videos do not do as well. So, I understand from a business and supporting your family standpoint if this camt happen

[@FreedomToRoam86]

Love that Chill Out mode!

[@paulhibbert]

My studio is my happy place 😄

[@Hclann1]

Paul, why not replace your govee controller with an esp32 running wled. You can do a lot more that way.

[@davelindenmuth1421]

“First Officer?” Maybe “First Mate” would be a bit more cheeky!

[@leighstewart9391]

Alexa has been controlling my outside lights for years via a Sonoff relay inside the switch plate rather than smart bulbs outside as WiFi constraints. In fact, Sonoff relays control everything in my house, from the hot water immersion heater, all my night storage heaters and multiple lights, kettle and even the Air Fryer. But I have a degree in electrical engineering so I’m confident stripping down new consumer electronics 😂

[@forsaken1776]

I have a logitech harmony hub and remote and can't get alexa to change inputs. I probably don't have something installed that it needs or what I have isn't installed correctly. IDK. It's awesome you can get all that to work.

[@JNET_Reloaded]

so when you flush toilet speaker goes off wakes baby up then you get a notification babys crying lol wonderful feedback loop!

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Just on that note. Given its intelligence, isn't it about time "Alexa" could have user nominated name architecture (Jean-Luc Picard keeps commanding my unit and its responds with "Sorry I cant do that Dave") . Even a separate one for each unit!.

[@clarewillison9379]

First thing I did when I bought an iPhone with Siri was ask him (I like the male personae) to open the pod bay doors. Very disappointed with the response which back then wasn’t even the irritating, “I’m sorry I can’t help you with that” but something (unmemorable) like “I don’t understand”. Still waiting for Apple to release a HAL 9000 voice option for Siri. It might get old quickly but I’ll first ask it to sing Daisy Daisy as revenge for all the unnecessary googling it’s made me do.

[@TecTimmy]

Damn. I need to step up my smart home game.

[@clairerovic]

My fav video for awhile 🎉

[@scollyb]

Happy New year to all of you. Thanks for a year of entertainment and education

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks for being here dude!

[@leebannister3759]

45 Diy, makes me think that Govee needs a grouping option that can then be shared as a group

[@SuspiciousAra]

Just wondering how you keep track for any of these :)

[@cr0ft-2k]

IKEA's GU10 aren't bad either and not all that expensive either.

[@Gamen4Bros]

one day i will do a Paul Hibbert impression

[@acubley]

"HOME ASSISTANT!!!"

[@grumpywhale]

For videos one of the best would be how to adb control the tv that's one of my most wanted

[@necrobot2262]

Why would you send a notification to your phone to trigger an action in Tasker to put your phone in DND mode, when you can do that directly via a notification without Tasker, like this: sequence: - action: notify.mobile_app_mobile_rob data: message: command_dnd data: command: priority_only

[@paulhibbert]

I tried that initially and it didn't work, is your phone rooted? Perhaps I needed to do the permissions part that I did with the tasker app on my PC in order for home assistant to be able to do it?

[@chrisw1462]

Trash your Govee controller, get WLED. If they're standard addressable LEDs, it should be a simple swap.

[@X0mb13]

@paulhibbert I'm curious what is happening when you bring the phone out of airplane mode via automation... because in theory, that shouldn't work. Airplane mode turns off WIFI, Bluetooth, cellular and any other form of wireless transmission... so, how is it getting the signal to change modes?

[@BroccoliPower]

Geeza what lights you using for your room? The strips along the top?

[@cristobalruizsolari]

i have something similar implemented for the do not disturb...but using the companion app...when im on my 3 yr old daughter's room (i have some esp32 to detect in which room i am) after 7pm...it mean that im trying to put my daughter to sleep so home assistant send a notification to my phone to put it on do not disturb...it has save me several times of waking her up because someone call me on the phone

[@paulhibbert]

Genius! I'm planning to do something similar using the waterfall sounds as a trigger. Any time we put Theo down we start waterfall sounds playing on the Govee speaker. I'm going to use that to turn off the lighting routines for the top of the stairs so they don't come on when we open the door to the corridor.

[@BroccoliPower]

@Paul Any ideas how to hide the light strip ends, the part that connects to power effectively please?

[@lucidmoses]

If you like tinkering with this stuff, that's great. But this one seems a bit too 'brittle' to me.

[@MICHEALMclemore-f2g]

Adaxum Defi and E-commerce combo is what sets it apart for me. Time to join the presale ASAP.

[@alelopez5191]

Nice content, really enjoyed it.

[@DonaldJakubczak]

Hey Paul thanks for all the great content! BTW what card are you using for the horizontal slider bars in your Ready Room lighting in this video?

[@paulhibbert]

It's CB-LCARS. Google it, it's awesome 😁

[@amd8365]

You know what's great? Not having kids. I have all the time and money I need. 😅

[@PhilM82]

Can u get extra covers/corner pieces for the govee strips? Thanks

[@paulhibbert]

You would have to check the govi website for that one, obviously I was just doing a square so I had plenty. I think it came with extra pieces but I could be wrong, I had a couple of guys fit it for me

[@sylvainmichaud2262]

Is any Tasker plugin required ?

[@iLuiis7H]

Whats with the reolink and aqara doorbells, what happened to the Ezviz doorbell with the mini solar panel?

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

Paul for future ref. you could have switched your Govee lights over to WLED and you could do whatever you wanted to. ALso YES I would like to see the whole how to set up/use Tasker and I assume you are using ChatGPT so you can you the wake word Computer? Also- Love to see how to do that because so far I have failed miserably trying to do it.

[@paulhibbert]

You can just switch Alexa to use the word computer as the wake word in the Amazon Alexa app settings! 😁

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

@paulhibbert LOL. Touche. Since I won't own an Alexa I'll need to find other options.

[@paulhibbert]

@@Joseph-ko2kl 😂 DOH! Home assistant and a mic then on that case!

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

@@paulhibbert

[@martinbower2915]

great video, out of interest how do you get HA to send messages to your phone ?

[@Gamen4Bros]

45 diy modes hahaha poor fella

[@gria2003]

I would like to know how you snooze or turn off an alarm on your Android phone with Alexa

[@adijgraham]

Hey Paul, cracking video as always, have you got your Govee strip lights in conduit? Wondered what it looks like in the day turned off? I need to do something similar in the movie room/mancave.

[@paulhibbert]

They're a proper Govee product specifically for this purpose, so they just kind of look like opaque plastic. If I remember rightly I linked them in the description for this video if you wanted a closer look!

[@AdiGraham29]

@@paulhibbert Doh thanks I forgot to scroll down!

[@brianhinestroza6136]

What are you talking to when you say "computer studio mode"? Is it an ATOM Echo Smart Speaker or what is it and how did you set it up.

[@paulhibbert]

It's just the Amazon echo, I just changed the wake word in the Alexa app 👍

[@EmilePolka]

Google assistant used to have that ability but hey, they removed the capability to use Hey Google while your phone is locked.

[@1969ashley1969]

It still works on 3 phones I just tried it with, they all responded while locked.

[@clij5202]

Want all that but without cloudy stuff …

[@paulhibbert]

Most of what I do is local. There is the occasional cloud element, but that's inevitable at some point.

[@worfie]

Why are you using Alexa and not Home Assistant voice assistant?

[@rongalbraith5005]

Happy Twixmas. Thanks for another great video. One thing I've done recently was step away from the HACS Alexa Media Player integration after it completely screwed my HA instance (the memory leak issue). To work around this, I configure a Helper, expose it to Alexa, and then build the automation natively as Routine, so nothing too mental but works perfectly for me.

[@MrZiemwit]

washing dishes in 2024, what a man, what a man

[@DigitalImagesOfWirral]

Good Morning Sir, Happy Saturday!

[@cncisrobot6354]

cb lcars install and use please i have been to the git hub followed as best i can but I cant make it work like the other lcars.